Merry Christmas - December 25, 2004

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Visiting Aga in Poland - December 12, 2004

8 a.m. in Chicago..nah in Germany..but Im listening to KissFM Chicago Radio Online. Which is cool because KissFM was my fave radio station while I was there. I noticed they still have the same commercials running. 4 more days and I will be in Poland together with my Aupair girls: Aga, Elli and Steff.. we will probably watch Love Actually, like we always do if we are together, and now it is Christmas time, so it fits. We will go clubbing in Poland, and we gonna be drunk! Yeah! I really cannot wait!! I figured out what train we are taking, so we will be there by afternoon. Stefan is off Thursday on so he is joining us! Hope he can handle talking English all the time..but he likes to practise so it is going to be okay. What else? HUGE BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUT TO MY ELLI GIRL!! Steff's birthday is on Thursday, Aga's birthday was in November, so yes I have to get some Birthday presents! Last week I had school, and on Friday we had our first exam in Photoshop. Was pretty easy for me, but some other students knew nothing. Oh well. Friday evening me and Stefan went swimming at Elbamare. I really needed some time together with him to relax and it was just wonderful! Couldn't be better! Saturday we went to the Christmas Market and afterwards to Nadine's Gluehwein-Party. Toooo many Gluehweins that day. Pictures!

Christmas Cookies - December 6, 2004

Weekend is already over!! Turned out really short ::aww:: I didnt do much since Stefan had to work all weekend long. Saturday evening we made Christmas cookies, OMG! We made sooo many, you cannot imagine! We should donate some. Stefan had fun decorating them, he made it so nicely, I was surprised that he can be so creative ::lol:: Pics are coming! We didn't go partying on Saturday since Stefan had to be up by 4:30 am on Sunday. So we had some relaxing time in front of the TV. Sunday evening we went for dinners at Stefan's parents. Stayed there about 2 hours. I didnt expect to get a Christmas present from them!! Wow! Actually it was planned that we all go for dinner around Christmas time, but I wont be home for Christmas and the week before Im in Poland. Talking about Poland..Stefan took a day off so he can join me and Elli to visit Aga. I didnt tell Aga yet, but I hope it is okay with her. Yeah yesterday I had to work after college. I got me that little job at uni, so Im working Mon-Wed this week and then late December the real project starts. Good to make some money before the real project, because I will get less then. So Im working from 6.30 to 9.00 pm tonight and then tomorrow again. My eyes start to hurt, but I guess thats normal if you sit in front of the computer more than 10 hours in a row! Hope I can handle that in my future. Im going to mail out Christmas cards today, so check ur mailbox in like a week.

December an exciting month - December 3, 2004

It is Friday! The last day of the week! And only 6 more hours til I finish with college. On Wednesday I was supposed to go to the Wasserwacht to discuss the website I made for them, but they cancelled so Im going there this afternoon. I will present the website layout and hopefully it will be online by next week. Wednesday evening Me, Stefan, Anja, David, Maria and another David and Kai checked out Peaches, the cocktail bar we used to go alot. It was Karaoke night and actually Stefan wanted to sing, but we left before it was his turn. Lotz of people there like usual. I booked a table for 15 people for the 27th of December. Because we are having our Christmas party there. I hope alot of my graphic-college friends will be able to come, the 27th is a Monday, but it is Semester break so we will see. Stefan was off the last three days and I slept over his apt. He has early shift this weekend so we will probably check out the Christmas Market downtown and bake Christmas cookies on Sunday..yay! My Mom already bought everything we need and I guess it is going to be fun. I remember making Christmas cookies in Chicago last year. It was so silly, all the cookies were already ready to get baked. Thats no fun! Anyway, it turned out that my Mom does not have to pay much for the damage of our car. She probably only has to pay a new wheel. Moreover she found $200 in our bathroom..dont ask me how but must be from her visit. Not sure if we gonna exchange the money now, because the Dollar is pretty bad right now and we would only get like 140 Euro.

Car Crash - November 29, 2004

Afternoon! Im sitting at college, 2 more hours are left and we are doin some random stuff in Photoshop CS. Weekend is over and I didnt really do anything special, chilling mostly at Stefan's- Although he was working late hours. Saturday I decorated our apartment in Christmas style, together with my Mom. It took us a while but it was fun. Though Im still not in a Christmas mood. Our Christmas Market opened too, I plan to go there sometime during the week, it is so damn crowded at the weekends. Saturday night when my Mom was on her way to her Christmas Party, she drove our car into a tram. The street narrowed so she couldnt pass the tram, but didnt see the last wagon. Fortunately she is okay, but the car wasnt drivable anymore. She called me and I rode my bike there (happened not very far away), my Mom was really in panic and didnt know what to do. The tram left already because nothing happened to it, and they didnt call the police. So I called the ADAC, which came 20 min later to pick up our car. My Mom still went to her Christmas Party, her friends picked her up. So now we dont have a car, it will take a while til it is fixed. I went to pick up Stefan from work and we drunk Gluehwein with Amaretto at the WG with Anja and David. We actually wanted to go partying but we were too drunk. Sunday afternoon I went to my Grandmom´s to celebrate the 1st Advent with Dresden Stollen. Mhh yummy. This week I will start to buy Christmas presents, I got some ideas and saved some money. Alrighty. Thanks Steff for ur postcard!

Carneval - November 24, 2004

Sup? The server wasn't working so I was not able to update my blog. Whats new? Last Friday I went to my grandmom's house together with Anja and my Mom. Stefan wanted to join us too but unfortunately he had to work the next day until three. Friday night we got us tickets for the yearly carneval in my grandmom's village. My cousin Stefanie was part of it. She is in a dancing group "Funkenmariechen" and we really wanted t see her dance. We also had to dress up, my Mom brought us clothes from her hospital so we all dressed up like ER-Team .. in green. That night was really awesome, the program was funny as hell and all got drunk, except me. I was the one who had to drive back to my cousins house. We left around midnight, the streets were icy because it was cold and it snowed earlier. Anja was very drunk, we almost had to carry her ::lol:: I drove Anja home and stayed with her, while Stefanie went to a club with her friends. Pictures! Next morning we went shopping and I got me a long winter coat, had lunch at my grannys and then I was on my way to Leipzig to pick up Stefan. I got there around 5 pm where I met up with Elli. It was cool to see her again, last time was at her Halloween Party. We ate at Subway and talked talked talked until Stefan's train arrived. Elli invited us to her Birthday party mid December and we talked again about visiting Aga in Poland. I checked the train schedule and there is no direct train to Breslau anymore, we have to change trains one time in Goerlitz, ticket is 26 Euro. Pictures! Saturday night was Eileen's Birthday party, together with 4 other friends- at an old kindergarden. It was really crowded about 130 people came, and we all got drunk. Nothing special but a nice party. My fourth week at college and we have a photoshop class for 3 weeks now. Kinda boring but maybe at the end I will learn something new. I got me a little xmas job, and will earn 10 Euro/ hour. It is a national study about buisnesses in Germany and I have to do computer work. Yesterday me and Stefan went for dinner at a Mexican Restaurant that opened new in Dresden. We celebrated our 3 months anniversary, a little early, but Stefan is working this Thursday night, so we won't see each other. I can say that Im really happy and in true love, the past three months where one of the bests I had together with a guy. We can hardly survive a day without eachother and I hope it will lasts long.

School, Bowle-Party - November 16, 2004

Hey peeps! Im at school, it rocks because actually we were not supposed to be in a computer room this week, but another class switched rooms with us. So Im able to update you guys about my life. Stefan is not sick anymore, he was home for two weeks and is back at work. My first two weeks at school are cool, we have lots of fun together and I almost finished working on my website project: www.wasserwacht-dresden.de thanks to one week webdesign class, so I only concentrated on it. All I need to do is upload the html and Im done. What else? I didnt go to Berlin as I thought I would. I had a ticket for the concert but I didnt feel like going last Friday. I was in school til 3 pm and was pretty exhausted, and I had to take the train all the way up to Berlin, so I would get there by 9 pm. I decided to stay home and go for dinner with my Mom instead. We went to a Greek Restaurant, where I met a guy from my high school, who I havent met since 3 ys. We got placed at his table, since all other tables were occupied. We had a nice evening and a good talk. I actually dont mind that I didnt go, I been to two concerts in Chicago and I didnt expect any diffrence. Last Saturday Me, Stefan, Anja, David and Kai went to the Bowle-Party at Terminal 1. It was awesome, but really really crowded. I lost Stefan, but found him by the time our cab arrived. He had to work Sunday morning so we already headed back around 2 am. This weekend coming up: Partying in Wolfen. Eileen turned 18 and is throwing a huge party where 120 people are expected. My Mom and aunt are helping with the sandwiched, and Anja and Stefan are joing me too. We will go over on Friday already, my cousin Stefanie is part of a carneval festival, so we will go and watch her. Tomorrow is wednesday and a holiday in Saxony, we dont have any school, so I will stay in bed and later that afternoon, Stefans parents invited us for dinner. Alrighty, post comments. And have a great week.

H-ELLI-WEEN - November 7, 2004

It's seven in the morning and Im sitting in class. Since last Monday I'm at that webdesign college, taking classes from 7 am to 3 pm. There are 15 people in my class and 10 are from my old college. So I already know some of them, the first week was boring, I learned nothing new, the Internet was off too, so all we did was playing Solitaer. Yeah as you know I went over Elli's place the other weekend. She had her Halloween Party in Leipzig. I arrived Friday evening, so me and her went out to her fave bar, where we met some of her friends. We actually wanted to go to Nightcafe a club but it was closed that night so we got us a Doener and headed home. Saturday we picked Steff and Franzi from the train station, they already arrived dressed up. Franzi was dressed like a witch and Steff was a British school girlie. We decorated Elli's house and started to make potato salads etc. By 8 pm we started drinking and the first guests arrived. The party was awesome, I had lotz of alc and fun and it was good to see Steff and Elli again. We tried to call up Aga that night but she didn't pick up. Pictures! Talking about Aga: HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUN! Elli and Me decided to go to Poland to visit Aga mid December. Because there won't be a train from Dresden to Aga's home town next year, so we have to go over this year. What else happened? My boyfriend was sick all week long, and he still is this week, poor Stefan, but then we can spend more time together in bed and relax ::hehe:: This Friday is the Hanson concert in Berlin. I have a ticket and a place to stay but I dont know yet how to get there. Lucy my Czech penpal might go by car, and I will probably go by train. Not sure yet. Alrighty I better stop and pay attention to what the teacher says. Have a great week!

Halloween preparations - October 29, 2004

Morning everyone. I'm getting ready to head over Elli's place. Her Halloween party is on Saturday and I decided to dress like a sexy nurse. My mom brought me some of her old hospital clothes and a big real needle..What happened? Well mine and Stefan's anniversary was on Monday, we went for a walk at the castle Augustusburg and took some cute Pictures! For dinner we had african food, which was delicious! I ate Zebra, Crocodile and some other stuff and it tasted good, for real! But very expensive. On Tuesday I got to meet my penpal Lucy for the first time. We went shopping and got along very well, she actually is really cool. I gonna take her clubbing hopefully soon, she hasnt checked out Dresden' nightlife yet- Wednesday me, my Mom and my friend Romy went to Montemare, that is a huge wellness and swimming centre. We spent about 5 hours there, went to sauna and tanning and swimming..was really relaxing! Alrighty thats it for today, I will tell you all about Elli's party on Monday hopefully after Im back from my first day at webdesign school. You all have a great weekend!

Gossip: Break-Ups - October 9, 2004

Morning! Another week is over and nothing really exciting happened. I spent most of my time at Stefan's and chilled. We had a little bbq at the Elbe on Thursday if I remember correctly. Pictures! Some Gossip: Anja broke up with Jan this week to concentrate more on David, but since David didnt show any interest in her, she met up with Jan again yesterday and he slept over. So I guess Anja will get back together with Jan soon. Anne also broke up with her boyfriend of two years and has a new one called Benny, which we got to know yesterday. As long as they are happy..what else: My tooth really hurts, thats the one which got an ceramic inlay, I cannot drink any cold or hot things, and it will take some months to be okay..I hope I survive. Coming Monday I have an Orientation for the new webdesign class Im starting on November 1st, Im really excited about who else will be there and if it is going to be fun. Anja didnt wanna do the class, so she is still looking for a job but might get one at a tanning studio. Good for me, because I probably get a discount. I dunno my health condition isnt very good right now, I feel so tired, although I sleep about 14 hours a day, I feel so fat, because if I have nothing to do I eat and eat. I really need to get back to a basis day life, so I hope I get better in November. Ellie is throwing a Halloween Party on the 30th and I need to find a costum that suits me, maybe I will dress like an Aupair, lol. Okay some Birthday shout outs go to: Bine who turned 22 on the 3rd, to Bilge who turned 22 on the 2nd, to Susi who turns 22 on thr 18th, to Rico who turns 23 on the 20th, to Madga who turns 21 on the 29th.

Octoberfest - September 25, 2004

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Aga's Visit to Dresden - September 24, 2004

Haven't posted for a long time, but now I'm back. Aga arrived at my house on Wednesday and we are both having a blast. It is sooo good to see her again and we are looking forward to go to Octoberfest tomorrow to meet all the others. It took her like 5 hours by train to get to my city so I picked her up at 4 pm. Wednesday night we went to Karaoke Night at Peaches with 6 of my friends, and Aga got pretty drunk and threw up on the way back home. We were singing two songs, and actually wanted to sing another song from Love Actually but we left earlier than expected. Anyway was cool: Pictures! On Thursday I took her on a sight seeing tour by bus, which lasted 90 minutes, my mom came along too and Aga noticed that Dresden is pretty huge. It actually is huger than Munich if you regard the area and not the inhabitants. Around 4 pm we met up with Stefan and Kai and the four of us went on a guided tour thru the Church of our Lady, which they are rebuilding. It got bombed in 1945. Unfortunately the tour was in English so Aga couldnt understand anything, although she had 11 years of school German. In the evening we went to Subway to have an American dinner and after that we ended up at Dafa. It was lady night at the club so we got in for free and had a free drink. Unfortunately it kinda ruined the evening for me, because I met that Dani guy there, and he gave me a good bye kiss, which I couldnt do anything against it. And he was also talking to me for a long time, trying to convince me, what a great relationship we could have together..bla. Yeah Stefan was kinda weird yesterday, he seemed pissed, because on Thursday I sent him a pretty mean sms after Peaches, but I blame it on being totally hammered. I actually explained everything to him the next morning and also apologized but well he didnt really accept it. What else? We tried to call Ellie and Steff yesterday because they were supposed to arrive in Germany..but nobody picked up their phones. As we tried later Elli's dad told us there has been a technical problem at the Airport in Frankfurt, and if they are lucky they can get a flight to their hometown around 10 pm or they will be sent by train. So Im not sure when they ever got home yesterday, but we will call again today. Me and Aga are just arrived that they wont show up at Octoberfest after such a long travel, and they might have a huge jet lag. We will see. Our car ride tomorrow is at 7 am so we will get to Munich around noon to meet all the others. We will go back on Sunday around 2-3 pm..oh did I mention that Hanson are coming on tour in November? They will give two concerts in Germany, one in Berlin and one in Cologne. I already got me a ticket for the Berlin concert, and I will go there with one of my penpals, and probably sleep over at Melli's house in Berlin that night.

Visiting the zoo in Leipzig - September 14, 2004

Tuesday afternoon and Im waiting for my sweety to call me. Stefan is working at a new company today, so he doesnt know exactly when he will be back. I went to the dentist today because Im getting an inlay in one of my tooth. It is really expensive, about 300 Euro! Actually I need two but I can only afford one at the moment. The other one has to wait. Last weekend me, Stefan and my Mom went to my Granny's house to celebrate my Grandpa's birthday. Stefan got to know my relatives and my Grandma really likes him, and all the others do too. So we mostly hung up with my cousin Stefanie at her apartment. Some of her friends came over and we had lotz of fun. Saturday during the day we went to the Zoo in Leipzig. Pictures! Meanwhile Steff went shopping at H&M. The weather was just beautiful and when we came back we had a yummy dinner. Later that night we went clubbing at Bitz in Bitterfeld, a pretty bad club, but with a little alc it is okay. We took the first train at 4.30 am back to Steffs apartment, and I wasnt tired at all. Stefan really liked the weekend and we didn't get on eachothers nerves or something it was pretty relaxed. So yeah: I got an email from Ellie she is on a camping trip with Trek America, and Steff still has her internship at ZF. Havent heard from Aga in a while, she really needs to figure out when exactly she is coming over to my house, hopefully on the 20th. Alrighty Stefan just called me, so I will head over there and we can go tanning. Have a great evening!

Stefanie's Visit - September 8, 2004

Nothing really important happened. I sleep in alot, hang out at Stefan's place or go out partying. I really look forward to go to Octoberfest. Aga is coming over soon and Im so excited to meet her again. So the last days..we went to Peaches and sang Karoke, it was really fun! But we left early so we do not know if we won or not. But we sang like 7 times..Stefan has such a great voice, but he doesnt wanna believe us. Pictures! We also went on a little plastic boat in our grand garden for an hour..nothing compared to Jamie's boat trips downtown! Pictures! Jamie wrote that he got pulled over by the USCG again by NavyPier! And they remember me taking their picture. Thats so awesome. Yesterday, my cousin Stefanie and her friends came over to Dresden to do some sight seeing because of her art class. So afterwards we all went shopping. This coming weekend me, my mom and Stefan will head over to my granny's house, to celebrate my grandpa's birthday. Stefan and me wanna visit the zoo in Leipzig. It is bigger and better than the one in Dresden. So yeah Im looking forward to a great time there- Alrighty thats all for today, gonna write some applications.

WG-Party - August 27, 2004

Weekend is coming up and im not sure yet if i will go party or not bc i have no money..hehe! Poor me. anyway tuesday i went over to stefan, because we wanted to celebrate into his 21st birthday. we drunk alot of vodka, and stefan was pretty drunk by midnight..he got his presents but cannot remember anything the next morning..lol! Tooo much vodka I tell you. Stefan wants to quit smoking on his birthday, but he decided to stop smoking the day after. So on his Birthday I wanted to take him to the Grosser Garten to get a lil boat and chill in the sun..but no sun! We got there and it started raining! Aww! So on our way back we stopped at the Sealife Museum, which was pretty awful. I expected more for that price!! Around 6 pm the first party guests arrived at the WG. We started partying and it was really cool, lots of people I dont know but everybody got along well until the police rang the door bell. Yes, a neighbor called the police bc our music was tooo loud! So we had to turn the music down and people had to leave the party..aww I cannot remember alot because I drunk tooo much. Pictures! The party picture of me and Anja is online at dresden-nightlife.de so check it out in the party picture section. Me and the guys hung out at the bank of the river Elbe past Sunday too. Pictures! The weather is getting worse, it rains alot and it gets cold, I bought a warmer jacket today, which keeps me warm..hehe! I got a letter from Stefanie, who leaves the US mid september. I sent Volki a sms about Octoberfest, and he replied that he cannot meet us there, because he will be in Sweden that time..too bad! I was pretty excited to see him again too. Aga is coming over here soon! Cannot wait!

Lady's night - August 21, 2004

Monday, me and the gurls Anne and Anja had a little lady's night, because our guys were watching soccer. Our home team Dresden played against Cottbus, but they lost 2:1. So we drunk at Anne's and had fun fun fun. Pictures! Tuesday to Thursday afternoon I was with Stefan, he has A Shift this week, so he works from 5 am to 3 pm. We finally organized and cleaned up his new room..only the window-shadows are still missing. His Birthday is coming up on Tuesday and I got him a cool present yesterday, and I know he will like it alot! Hehe, they gonna have a huge party that day too. Can't wait. Friday me and Anja chilled most of the time and in the evening we headed over to the street-city-fest, which will take place this weekend in our old town. Lotz of people partying yesterday already and the Bowle Party was awesome. We drunk alot and drunk and drunk lol..we met Philipp and later Heiko and his brother.. Anne, Jacqui and Daniel did not show up. They probably didn't find us in the crowd. Pictures! Before me and Anja left somebody took another party pic of us. It will be online at Dresden-nightlife.de on Monday, I will upload it later. The party pic of me and Stefan is online in the party pics section. I picked up the scanner from Neil, thankssssss so much man! So I scanned a couple of pics back from the Airport from when I left the U.S.

American Football - August 15, 2004

Hey Ho! Whats going on? Not much over here..just chillin. The whole week I did random stuff, such as going to the dentist, visiting a friend, donating blood, looking for a job. I might do a web-design class, which begins in November and lasts 11 months, plus 2 months practical training. I will not get any money for it, it is just to keep myself busy. But I wanna find a job too to make some money..Im in love..hehe, I saw Stefan every day last week, and me, him and my mom went to an American Football Game yesterday..Dresden Monarchs won 31:28 !!! It was awesome. Afterwards me and Stefan went to a Boat party at the harbor, but the music was pretty bad, chilled house music..lotz of people there but nobody seemed to party, they were all standing there. So we left around 2 am. They took a party picture of us at the boat, it should be online at dresden-nightlife.de hopefully on Monday. Oh and here`s a picture of us before the party. Aint we cute together? Aga is back home in Poland since Friday. She called me yesterday and she is sad, her mom broke her leg at the airport when she picked Aga up, so now Aga has to take care of her for 6 more weeks and cannot really meet friends..poor Aga! Im really looking forward to meet her again at the end of September when we head to Octoberfest together. Im picking up Neil's scanner on Tuesday, so I can finally scan some pics and update my picture section! Have great Sunday! Muah!

Sunbathing, swimming - August 1, 2004

Yoyoyo! Sunday morning *yawn* The weather got better over here so I went swimming with my Mom and yesterday with my friends..got a nice tan..well I already had one when I came over here..Tueday and Wednesday me and my Mom went over to our Grandmoms house. I saw my grandfather again and Arco the dog..he didnt really recognize me *sad* I hung out with my cousin Stefanie and Eileen..with their new boyfriends! I WANT A BOYFRIEND!! lol Im still trying to find someone with a scanner so I can scan the Hungary pics..but mmh seems like nobody has one..Wednesday night we had a little BBQ party at Katja's. Some peeps from AOL were there..and the steaks were yummy! Pictures!

Thursday me and Anja went to the World Trade Center to donate blood..it's a good thing to do, and I will start to do it regulary again..not that I need the money..lool. And I visited Eric at the hospital..poor guy had two operations..but he got out yesterday! So I guess he feels better. Friday me and the gurls went to Dafa..god it was soooo boring..I almost fell asleep on the couch downstairs..fortunately some guys kept me awake..asking me questions. Yesterday I met up with Stefan, a guy I met on factoryflirt and wow he is such a cutee I had fun to get to know him a little .. and hope to see him again soon! Alrighty..well have a chilled sunday gurls and guys..muah! Aga is leaving to Poland sooon..aww good for her..Jamie Im still trying to scan u the pics from the coast guards..dont worry ok?

Countdown til I leave: 4 days!!! July 1, 2004

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Leaving America soon - June 30, 2004

God, can't believe only four more days! YES! Im sorry I havent updated in a while, but our internet didnt work, so I decided to restore the whole Computer and now everything is working just fine! Not much happened, I continued packing, and went shopping with Steff for the last time at Gurnee Mills Mall! Got lotz of clothes, and two new piercings! Yesterday me, Aga and Pri and Jamie went downtown on the boat, last time for me..boating was so much FUN! Awesome view at the skyline, aww I gonna miss Chicago! We went to Taste of Chicago and afterwards I met up with Richie, we had such a great time! Sorry Richie for not mentioning you in an earlier post! lol! Yup, I got Jakey a built-a-bear as goodbye present and he picked a frog in hockey-clothes, named it Ben! So cute! We are going downtown on Saturday to see the fireworks and to party up! And then Monday Im heading to the airport! Alrighty, ttyl guys! Take care!

Two more weeks - June 26, 2004

My mom is already couting the hours, and Im trying to have some fun here the last days! My hostfamily was on vacation and is coming back tonight! The week with Jake was okay, we had fun! We got our picture taken together! I think it's really cute! Jakey is at camp right now and he has swim team later today. I just scanned a couple of pictures that Steff gave me, so yeah check the travel pics and the me and friends section, I added new ones! Saturday night I went up to Wisconsin with Chris and two others! There was a party, where Chris was suppose to spin, but that place was in the middle of nowhere and there was nothing going on! I felt like I was back in Iowa! We passed Germantown on the way there! But yeah I had fun tho! I met many people from MR and had a good time! Yesterday Stefanie threw a party at her house, and I invited Deon. I havent seen him for such a long time but I dunno was kinda weird! In the afternoon me and Steff went to the beach and played Volleyball with some cute guys, hehe, was fun and I got a little sunburn in my face but thats alright! I really need to go boating, hopefully next weekend if the weather is nice! Alright have a good monday!

Goodbar, Hookerbar, Devine 4 - June 26, 2004

It's Saturday. I just got up. I'm at Aga's and patting Happy. He just got his first bath! Last week was okay, we went out alot, Tuesday me and Steff went to Goodbar to see Woody Mc Bride! And you know who was there too? Oliver!! OMG..couldnt believe it, I mean Chicago is huge why was he there!? Probably because of Tim, so yeah we had fun tho' I talked to Tim and Woody and Steff found a new crush: Marc! Pictures! Wednesday me, Ellie and Steff we went to Hooker Bar in Evanston, wasnt that good but whatever! Thursday on my day off I had to work for two hours and then helped Aga with her website! I actually wanted to meet up with Russel but he had no time at the end *suxx* Yesterday, me, Ellie and Steff went to Devine 4, thats a party Benji was suppose to spin at. We met up with Steff's guy first and his friends and went over there together. Pictures! Afterwards we hit up Rive Gauche Club but had to pay 10 Dollars for entrance!!! Suxx! But the music was kinda okay. That afternoon we went also to the beach with Jake. Pictures! I'm not doing anything tonight, Ellie has her party but Im working til 10 pm starting at 4 so I wont be able to go there. Alrighty, need to do some shopping!

Fun in the Sun Party - June 14, 2004

Twenty more days to go and Im back in Germany! Cant wait! Saturday, Me, Ellie and Steff went to a Birthday party "Fun in the Sun", that Shawn told me about! It was awesome! We had such a great time, playing volleyball, jumping on the trampoline, eating cake, chilling to the music and making the guys all horny! We really entertained the whole party and Benji filmed the whole thing! I got pretty drunk so I dont remember much, we ended up at Rive Gauche that night! But was pretty lame, the music sucked and we almost fell asleep! Pictures! Sunday morning my hostparents left to their Cruise, so I was alone with Jake. Threw up that morning twice..again! Too much vodka I tell you! Anyway, so yeah Im alone with Jake but the grandparents are a big help, so Im not watching him 24 hours! I couldnt handle that! He sleeps over at their house so Im here alone *scared* Janny alone at home, could be a new movie *lol* Yesterday me and Steff went downtown to Erica's party! Yeah remember Erica? She threw a party bc her dad was outta town! Was okay, not many people, but yeah nice! Not sure what Im doing tonight, Im already off since 2, so let's see what the day brings!

Getting drunk at Dunkin Donuts - June 9, 2004

Sup? Im doing fine! Tuesday night after work, I met up with Rick and we went for dinner at "On The Borders". He works there occasionally! We actually wanted to check out the movies, but nothing really good was on so we drove down to Evanston and went to some bars! Was really fun! I enjoyed it! Wednesday I went with Aga and Priscilla to Caribou Cafe to play Scrabble and after that I met up with Shawn. He's a cool guy, and I had fun hanging out with him! We first went to a Pool hall, but it was kinda expensive there, so we brought Vodka and Juice at Dominick's and got drunk at Dunkin Donuts! Hehe, but I think I drunk a lil tooo much, I ended up throwing up. Pictures! Thursday was my day off so I slept in, later Elli came over and Rick took us downtown to Hardrock Cafe. There was a band contest, and he knew one band! After they were done we headed to Coyote Ugly but it was so boring there, not many people either, so we decided to check out Soundbar! Chris told me bout it earlier that day, and actually I havent met Chris in a long time, so I really wanted to go! 12 Dollar cover, but Rick only paid 24 for the three of us! Yeah, Chris was there and it was cool to see him again, I had a good time. But we went back home around midnight! Pictures! This weekend not much going on, I probably chill tonight at Aga's place, watch some movies! And then tomorrow, Shawn invited us to a party, so we gonna go shopping first at Woodfield, then head on to the party and afterwards to Rive Gauche! We never been there on a Saturday, so hopefully it rocks. I added a few new Pictures of Aga's puppy!

Oliver broke up with me - June 7, 2004

My relationship with Oliver is over! Finally! I messaged him today, asking about his test-results and giving him my point of view again and he wrote me back: "I did recieve my results back which were negative. Herpes is a real disease that you can spread to people. Maybe you should realize that more for next time. Our time together is done." So yeah it's over, earlier as I wanted it to be over, I knew it's gonna be over anyway because I go back, but I actually wanted to break up in a good way and now it turned into a bad one! This Friday would have been our 6 months anniversary and I made him a scrap book with memories, but I guess I can keep that myself now. I had such a good time and I really thank him for being with me! It doesnt make me a bad person because I have had oral herpes. Im not gonna stay home my whole life because of that. I bet there are other guys out there that care about me than care about what I have had, and that do love me. I think Oliver looked for another excuse anyway, since he brought up that he doesnt want to see me at the weekends anymore and stuff..so yeah! I just gonna have some good days with my friends here, that care about me! Thats it!

Aga got a puppy and Oliver got crazy - May 28, 2004

Morning! Another week is over! Jake is on summer vacation since Thursday and we spend alot of time at the pool! The weather gets better every day, Im glad! Finally I can wear all my new summer clothes! Hehe! Wednesday I didnt go downtown to see Oliver, because he was busy and I had to work Thursday anyway, so I went over on Friday night! Me and his friends went to Zentra again! I dunno I dont like that place, I been there last year and didnt like it either, so Im not going again! They took a picture of me, Oli and Bob, it's gonna be in the partypics section soon! So check that out! We slept in on Saturday, and around 3 I headed back to Lake Forest and met up with Ellie! We went to some bar in Libertyville that night and it was okay, better than Rockland! Oliver talked to me online on Saturday, and he is totally pissed because he found out I once had a cold sore, like an oral herpes, when I was young, and he is pissed because I didnt tell me. He said he gets tested today and he doesnt want any diseases from me! Hello? Is he paranoid or something? You should have heard him, he was screaming at me on the phone! I dont get it, so I checked out some websites about that topic, and found out that 90% of the population have it, you mostly get it when u r young, you can even have it but dont know it yet, because it might outbreak after some years! It's not a big deal for me, or for any of my friends, and I know alot that have had it! I mean you not gonna die, but yeah it is listed under STD's on those websites I checked out! So I guess it is an American thing, they are always afraid to catch something! He acts like I have HIV or something. Well thanks what a boyfriend! So yeah, on Friday is our 6 month anniversary, and I invited him over for dinner, but now after this, I dont think I will ever see him again. It is sad, and I didnt want it to end like that! I really love him and care about him, it's just not fair how he reacts.

What else happened? Aga got a puppy! Can you believe it? Her hostfamily bought her one as present for $700! It's really cute, and Aga was actually getting on our nerves on the trip to Dakota, because she saw a puppy she wanted to have, and now she was going to buy it after trip, and she was annoying us about finding the perfect name and talk about it the whole time! After we came back from the trip, that puppy was taken..so now she got another one! I cant believe it her hostfamily is so nice to hear, it's not fair. Not that I want a puppy but bla! Pictures!

Oh I entered a contest in the name of my mom, to win two tickets for the Paul Mc Cartney Concert in Leipzig, and I won! They called my Mom last Saturday, but she unfortunately had to work that day, so she couldnt go to the concert! Aww, and I didnt know her work schedule, but cool to know I won! Go me! Yeah my last days gonna pass by fast, only 28 days left and I already made a list of things I need to buy and need to do before I leave. But I cant wait to go home and leave everything behind. I had a good year but it's not the life Im used to live, so Im glad to go back to normal!

Heading off for Memorial Day - May 17, 2004

Wednesday was Jake's 8th Birthday, and he didn't get a dog. Think that was the right decision! He got plenty of other stuff and he's going to get more when he has his Birthday party in 2 weeks, 25 kids are invited *whoa! This weekend is Memorial weekend and I dont have to work, so me, Ellie, Aga, Steff and Jamie are flying to South Dakota on a cheap E-fare for only $160. We gonna rent a car and drive thru South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming, stopping at Mt Rushmore and Yellowstone National Park. We are not staying in a hotel, but be on the road the whole time. I hope it's gonna be fun, I heard those states are more boring than Iowa. But we'll see. Pictures!

Rive Gauche Club - May 14, 2004

My weekend was okay, Friday night after Aga wanted to pick me up we noticed that she has a flat tire. Means we couldnt go over to Stefanie's house. Aww everytime something happens to our cars, it's not normal anymore. So Stefanie picked us up and we went to Rive Gauche Club. We got there around 11 and nothing was going on there, but we had fun anyway. I lost my voice that night, and I didnt feel good the next morning either, my cough sounded horrible and my nose was stuffed and I couldnt talk at all. But I had to work Saturday night and Sunday during the day. I made it anyway! Pictures!

Sunday, me and Ellie and Aga went over to Jamie's house, to help working on to boat. But Jamie and Bernd were almost done, so yeah we brought them cake and light whipcream..later we ended up at Rockland, with Bernds sister and gurlfriend. All you can eat Pizza and Salad, thats where it's at. I guess I gonna go to Rockland more often now, since I loved the Salad bar.

Caught a cold - May 11, 2004

So Wednesday night I went over to Oliver's, since he only wants to see me during week. He took Thursday off, so we spent alot of time together, in bed and cuddling. I didnt feel well either, and I passed my cold to him, so yeah but he was really sweet! I can hardly talk, I think I gonna loose my voice tonight, I better take a piece of paper and a pen, in case people want to take to me *lol* Happy Birthday to Paco, who's turning 23 today!

College is over - May 8, 2004

Tuesday afternoon, Jake is playing Gamecube and I had my last class at college. The semester is finally over and I did pretty good, I gonna get A's in both classes I took. I had a conversation with Oliver yesterday and well, he doesnt want to see me at the weekends anymore, because he needs more time for his family and friends. The problem is during week it is hard for me to head downtown, since I can only take the train, I also finish late, so it wouldnt make any sense to spend 2 hours on the train, pay 8 Dollars for the train and get to see him for an hour, because I have to catch the last train back home. It really suxx I cannot drive downtown, so I gonna be stuck here. Means I wont get to see him, but he doesnt really care, thats how it sounded to me! Makes me sad because I really like him and I wish I could have some great last weeks with him in the U.S. Despite from that, Im contacting all my friends at home, to show up at my welcome-back party which is July 11th! I cannot wait to see them all again!!

Polish Club Night- May 5, 2004

So yesterday was girls night out, Aga, Me, Ellie and Steff wanted to go to Accent Cafe in Mount Prospect. Thats a polish place and the gurls wanted to hook up with some polish guys. We got there, spent $3 for parking, waiting in the cold 5 minutes and then the bouncer said to Ellies perfect german id, that it's fake. We were like what? How do u know ::lol:: so we had to leave, we got out $3 back and decided to go to Almuni Club in Schaumberg. It wasnt that crowded this time, and alot of ugly indian guys, trying to touch and slap you, everytime you were dancing. It was annoying. But Aga met her dreamboy..John. We didnt see much of her that night, because she was making out with him somewhere in a corner, so yeah..Ellie and Steff were dancing too with guys, so I stood there waiting and having no fun. Every minute an ugly guy came to me trying to talk to me, but it was so annoying that I was really rude to them. So I said, okay if I cant stand here, I will sit down..but yeah even if u sit down they r coming to you. arghhh! Last night was Aga's night. Pictures!

Techno Mayday - April 29, 2004

Sorry guys that the server is down. My last weekend was great. Friday I ended up with Erika downtown, Aga didnt want to join us, she rather went to the movies with her hostmother. Anyway Erika showed me her new apartment and we had dinner the bar of her basement..lol After that we went to Sauce, a club/bar on Clark, no cover there, the music was okay, and alot of guys, I bet there were more gays. Every five minutes somebody came up to us and started conversation. Was cool. Unfortunately it closed at 2, so we headed out to Evanston to another bar, but when we got there they almost closed too. But was FUN!!! I didnt get much sleep that night, I got up at like 7 and then met up with Aga. There was a Polish Parade downtown, which was like 3 hours long. It was raining, it was cold, and I was soooo tired. Oliver was in Indiana for a wedding reception, so he said he's gonna be back Saturday afternoon, I waited and waited and he finally got home at 6. I took a half hour nap, we went to Jewel and headed on to Dru's. Techno Mayday was at Dru's, and Oliver was supposed to work at the door, it got really crowded around midnight..but just because I designed the flyer *lol* I had a good time, but I was soooo tired. We got home like at 5 and I had to get up at 9, because my train was 10.30. I was working from noon to 6 pm on Sunday,..damn after I was done working I went straight to bed and slept til 6 am on Monday. At college we got our taking home finals, so thats gonna be really easy. My classes end soon, and Im looking forward to the trip to Iowa, my hostmother invited me and Aga to join a family thingy over there, at a farm..hehe. Alrighty the weather is getting better. Thats all, for today..leave me a comment!

Bought Love Actually on DVD - April 28, 2004

Yesterday I went with Aga to Walmart to buy "Love Actually" it is on DVD now, and you guys should all get it. We gonna watch it tonight, because yesterday we watched "Anything Else". Weekend is coming up, and May 1st is on Saturday. There's gonna be the Techno Mayday Event at Dru's Lounge, where I made the flyer for, Oli's gonna be working at the door, cover is $10 so I gonna head out there on Sat. Friday night, that Erika gurl invited us to a Girls Night Out downtown, mmh I hope we gonna have fun. One more hour and I have college, finally college is over on May 11..I spent sooo much gas driving up there three times a week..aww alrighty, muah to everyone.

Got my Flight Information - April 26, 2004

My flight back from Chicago to Germany is on July 5 at 3.45 pm. I gonna stop in Frankfurt and then head on to Dresden, so I get there at July 6, 9.50 am. Yeah Im going back home, two more months to go. I have to pay $75 because Im flying from Chicago, suxx. My weekend was okay, Friday night I went with Oliver to the Night of the Creeps, where Serj did spin, was pretty cool. Pictures! Saturday I was supposed to have my Aupair meeting in Greektown but it got canceled because nobody wanted to do it, except me..so theres gonna be a meeting tomorrow night at On the Borders in Vernon Hills. Sunday morning I went back downtown, me and Oli wanted to grill steaks on his balcony. He got more furniture now, and the apartment looks alot bigger, we ended up having a good time, but a little too much wine.

Tornados Season - April 23, 2004

It's Friday, the weather is getting better, it was really windy here and cold, on Tuesday there were tornados in the Utica area, like 20 minutes from here. It's getting green everywhere, I love spring, can't wait for the skirt-season *lol* Not much happened, except Oliver got mad at me, because some random guy from a messageboard sent him a msg that Im trying to hook up with that guy, for no reason at all. And Oliver, who did he believe? That guy, and not me, how rude. I mean Im his girlfriend he should have at least a little trust in me, argh, but I got it figured out. That guy apologized and later Oliver apologized to me, I mean, hello? I dont need some guy, I have him, and it would be tooo obvious to hook up with somebody from that msgboard where Oliver is a member too, and I know he could find out. Anyway it's Friday and I dont have to work tonight, I actually thought I have to, but now, since Im free I wanna hit up Serj's event. So Im going downtown tonight and stay there til tomorrow, because I have an Aupair meeting at noon in Greektown. And then later Saturday Im working. I got my Hanson cd's in the mail, they totally rock *aww* Im so glad I got them, what else, my grandma is better, my Mom is going over this weekend to check if everything is okay. I have two more months here and then Im going back home, so I need to figure out where I havent been yet and what I should see before I leave.

Hollywood in Lake Forest - April 19, 2004

I saw George Clooney on Saturday, there was a huge crowd waiting for him to appear at the train station, they were shooting some scenes in the Amtrak train, and I saw him getting off the train and getting in the car, he was waving to the crowd and drove away. I could only take pictures..I gonna try again today, because they are supposed to shoot scenes in the flower shop today! Brad Pitt is gonna be here too..whoa! Saturday I had to work, we got Jake a new frog, and we got Aga skating-guards, I taught her how to skate yesterday, well we started, she needs to practise more but for the first time, she did pretty good. Me, Aga, Pri, Steff and Ellie went shopping on Sunday, and later that day we had a lil beach party. Since the police advised us not to drink alc at the beach we decided to continue the party in Jamie's garage..lol Im at college right now, kinda boring as usual, it's gonna be over soon. I got my letter for the return-flight so that means, Im going back home soon. My welcome-back party is on July 11th I cannot wait to see all my friends again. Oh my grandmother got hit by a car while she was going back from the cemetery. That lady came out from a driveway and didnt look, but fortunately my Granny is okay. What else, Aga hit her car again, actually two cars, hers and her hostmothers. She was reversing and didnt see her hostmothers car, so both cars are broken, uhh. Why is everything happen to me and Aga and not to any other Aupairs? Weird. Alrighty, hope to see Oliver soon, I miss him!

Easter - April 17, 2004

How was everybody's Easter? I had some problems with my hostfamily so I decided not to celebrate Easter with them but stay downtown with Oliver. We went inline-skating last Sunday, on Michigan Avenue and back on the beach, it was wonderful. The weather got really nice over here, sunny and warm, perfect !!! The last week was alright, I went to the movies yesterday with Aga and Priscilla, we saw "Conny and Carla", kinda boring but oh well, Aga's fault, she chose it. Today, Saturday, I have to work, but I gonna see George Clooney, Andy Garcia and Julia Roberts. They gonna shoot some film scenes for the new "Ocean's 12" movie in Lake Forest, can you believe it? Awesome!! So I will head out there later with Jake, and then I gonna start teach Aga how to skate, because she never ever did it in her life. So thats gonna be fun too. Tonight after work, I will probably go dancing at Alumni club in Schaumberg. Since Oliver is with his dad this weekend, Im not gonna see him *bla* alrighty gotta get Jake a new frog!

Anja's Visit to Chicago - April 2, 2004

I'm back. Sorry I havent posted in a while, but I was downtown most of the time, because Anja came here on Wednesday, and since then I have been busy showing her around. I had trouble finding her at the Airport, her flight was delayed 2 hours, so I couldnt make it back in time to pick up Jake from the school bus. I had to call my hostfather and he was kinda pissed, he said im irresponsible, but whatever I didnt want Anja to wait at the Airport for hours. On Saturday my hostfamily left to Jamaica, so me and Anja went Downtown the last whole week. We decided it is a better idea, since we dont wanna take the train everytime back to Lake Forest. So we stayed at Oliver's. All my other friends, Aga, Priscilla, Steff and Ellie left to Florida last weekend, so Im glad I had Anja around. Friday night we went to Bar Chicago, Oliver won a vip party there, and it was awesome, we danced and the bar and Anja hooked up with a guy. Saturday we went to a Snowboard Event at Lake Shore Drive with some of Oliver's friend, but it wasnt that good, so we ended up at his apartment, drinking Jaegerbombs all night, til we left to Dru's Lounge. God Dru's Lounge was so boring this time, I could hardly leave my eyes open..we actually wanted to go to Vision afterwards but me and Anja didnt, we were tooo tired. During the week we did some sight-seeing, went up the Hankock Tower, tomorrow we gonna go on a sightseeing boat trip etc. Tuesday was cool too, we first went to Spy Bar and then to Sangria Tuesday, omg I was so drunk again..hehe. Tonight we wanna go to Whitestar Club and tomorrow finally to Vision. My hostfamily is coming back on Saturday and Anja is leaving on Monday. Unfortunately I cant drive her to the Airport so she has to take the CTA from Downtown, but she will make it Im sure. Pictures!

Alumni Club again - March 22, 2004

Morning! Im at college again, it's 9 am and the teacher is not here yet. We are supposed to get our Midterm back today, so Im kinda excited what grade I will get. My weekend was okay, nothing special, since Oliver was still in Jamaica. I had to work Friday and Saturday night..but Saturday after work me and Aga decided to go to that Alumni club in Schaumburg again. She hasnt been there, and she really liked it, we were dancing like 2 hours without break, and then went home. Since Aga was driving I decided not to drink either. Sunday we only went to the gym and colored Agas her again. Oliver came back from Jamaica on Sunday and he had a blast. He's gonna send me the pictures soon. My hostfamily is going to Jamaica on Saturday, so Anja is coming over on Wednesday. Im soooo excited, she will already arrive around noon, so I gonna pick her up before work. Her 21st Birthday was on Sunday, too, I tried to call her but she wasnt home, anyway, I guess we gonna have alot of fun while she is here..Friday is Bar Chicago party, cannot wait. Yeah guys Im still working on my design-friends.com website, but Im busy with creating a flyer for a Techno event for Tim, and a T-Shirt for our Aupair year, so aww hope to get the website up soon. Tomorrow I have cluster meeting at California Pizza Kitchen. Pictures from St. Patricks Day.

Half week off > Alumni Club - March 8, 2004

I'm in a good mood today, because I only have to work three days this week, my hostfamily told me last week that they are going to Veil from Thursday to Monday and Im off. So I talked to Noell, my penpal for 7 years now, if I could come and visit her, and she said yes for sure! She is on spring break too, so I will fly over there on Friday and gonna be back in Chicago on Sunday. The round trip is $220, so thats okay, because I saved up some money. Im really excited, we never ever met, and it is probably my last chance to go on a trip. Im finally done paying off for the car, so now Im getting paid normal again. So last Friday, I went with Oliver to a Birthday party somewhere, but it was cool, I got to know alot of people and the music was awesome too. We got home like at 6 am on Saturday. Unfortunately I had to work 6 pm Saturday, but I decided to go clubbing with Priscilla, Ellie and Steph, to Alumni Club in Schaumberg. We never been there, but it is great there, you only pay $5 for the entrance and it isnt that far away from where we live, but it closes at 3 am already ::suxx:: Pictures!

Sunday Oliver had to work, so I stayed home, and spent the day with Aga and Priscilla. I got me new capri pants, and a birthday present for Anja..then we went to "On the Border" to have dinner, played some Scrable at Caribou Cafe and went to the movies. We saw "Eurotrip" it was actually funny, but it is an American movie, so you can imagine how they see the Europeans. They connect Germany with Hitler, etc. They better dont show this movie in Europe, because I guess the Europeans will be really mad about it. It was funny tho. Yup, so this Wednesday after work I will go over to Oliver and stay there til Friday. He leaves to Jamaica on Friday too, at the same time, so we gonna go to the Airport together, because I have no clue how to get there without a car. So thats cool. Yuppa, class is about to start so I talk to you later guys ::muah:: My new domain is up, but Im still working on the layout. Thanks to Kerry who ordered it for me: www.design-friends.com

Dru's Lounge - March 6, 2004

Monday morning *yawn* class hasn't started yet so I got some time to update you. Friday night and Sunday night I had to work, so I could only go out Saturday. Me and Aga went to the Aquarium Museum downtown, and we walked along the beach, it was really sunny and warm, like 15 Celcius. I hope we dont get another snow storm, but everybody thinks so. I wanna have spring! Later on Saturday, me and Oliver went to Chinatown, to Dru's Lounge, where we met Steff and Ellie and some more peeps, was cool, although I drunk a little tooo much. We actually wanted to go to vision afterwards, but I was not able to. Pictures!

Friday, Volker went back home to Bavaria, so he had his going-away party on Thursday. I might think about buying his car, I saved up some money and he wants 350 $ for it. But then it I have to pay insurance each month too and I dont know if I can afford it. But really Im so stuck at home..bla whatever. Anja is coming over soon and Im really excited. Im setting up another domain..called www.design-friends.com. Because me and Anja really need to get some stuff to work on, oherwise we are lost. I might start designing some flyer's for Tim, thats a cool DJ's. So check the domain in some days..thanks to Kerry btw! and Happy belated Birthday to my cousin Stefanie!

End of Family Visit - February 23, 2004

Morning, Im in class right now, so lemme tell you what happened the past days. My family went back to Germany on Friday, and they arrived safely, although the flight from Munich to Dresden was kinda bumpy and my Mom was about to throw up again. Anyway the 2nd week they been here, I unfortunately had to work so we couldnt do anything exciting. We went to Gurnee again, and to the first Mc Donalds and the leaning tower in Niles. Also Thursday on my day off we went downtown and I showed them around a little more. Pictures!

Friday I went with Ellie to Rive Gauche Club, we had a blast and Ellie hooked up with a hot guy, I took like 30 pictures, you better check that out. I met up with Oliver that night, and we spent all Saturday together, mostly in bed *lol* Saturday night we went to BASIC at Dru's Lounge in Chinatown, was cool but not really crowded. Like at 3 am we went over to Vision and Excalibur Nightclub, and wow was awesome. Now that im 21 I get to know all those cool clubs, there were lots of people and they were all partying til 5 am. Yup, definetely go there again. Sunday I went back at like 3 pm, hung out with Aga a little..poor little Aga had to go to the dentist, because her one tooth hurted awfully. I started working at 5.30 and after 8 me, Aga and Ellie went to the movies. But I dunno the movie was kinda boring so I fell asleep *lol* Check out the picture of Aga being deformed *hehe* no offense Aga..it's under funny Pictures!

My 21st Birthday - February 11, 2004

Family, Greek Restaurant. Pictures!

My Family visits Chicago - February 7, 2004

That week was sooo fucking boring, we had a lot of new snow so I was unable to go somewhere, and I was so excited for my family to come over TODAY, that I couldnt sleep the last nights. Today is the day when they are coming over, I checked the plane arrival online and it looks like they would arrive a half hour earlier. My hostfamily is going on winter vacation to Vancouver today, so I can ride with them in the limo to the airport. And the way back we have a rental car. God Im so excited!! I still cant believe it. Last night me, Aga, Steff and Ellie went to a polish club called Jedynska. There were soo many polish people and alot of guys tried to talk in Polish with us. Anyway it was a way better, the music was more European and the lightning system was like in a German club. They checked our ID really good at the door, even with a flashlight and we were afraid we couldnt get in and they would notice..but Polish bouncers are like Americans, haha! We had a good time, and Aga tried to hook up with some guys, she really needs one for Valentine's Day. Alrighty, I dont think I will have time to write while my family is here, so I gonna keep you guys updated later. Pictures!

Superbowl - February 2, 2004

College in the morning suxx..I wasnt able to go this morning, because I was still hammered from yesterday. Sunday: SUPERBOWL was awesome, I missed alot of the game, because I was busy with drinking and eating. Me, Oliver, Ellie, Steffi and Priscilla went to a bar in downtown. 25 Dollars per person, but free buffet and open bar til 9, so was cool. We had some trouble at the beginning, bc the guy at the door didnt notice that Pri payed, and he forgot to give her a ticket..anyway we had fun, i drunk like 12 drinks or more? I dunno, so I only remember parts of that night, I didnt really remember why we were thrown out of the bar and how I got home..but haha was fun. New England won, just to tell you. Pictures!

Friday we went to Rive Gauche Club, we got in for free and had free drinks for 1,5 hour. Me and Ellie collected drinks, but well Aga didnt watch them, so they got taken away *cries* Anyway, the club was kinda okay, nobody was dancing til 1 am and there were alot of Mexicans. We missed the last train back home, so some guy drove us home..otherwise we would have spent the night there til 8 in the morning. Thursday I was at the Sailboat Show at Navy Pier, Oliver worked there so he got me a free ticket and we also took advantages of the opening party. Im really excited about my family coming over this Saturday and I cannot wait.

Giordano's Pizza - January 26, 2004

Uhh, I had college at 9 am this morning. Til 12, class was printing productions and I actually like that class, and there are like 7 guys in my age, cool cool, we are like 11 people. Anyway, the other class I had last Thursday totally sucked, so I dropped it..no way I gonna stay with Comprehensive Word Processing! Anyway, Aga, Steff and Ellie hat Aupair Meeting on Sunday, in Rogers Park at Giordano's Pizza, so me and Pri came along. Giordanos is that place with stuffed pizza, which is famous for Chicago. So we ordered one, but that stupid waitress brought us normal pizza, we were so pissed..anyway after eating we went to see "The Butterfly Effect" at the movie theater which was close by, and yes, that movie is kinda cool. Pictures!

Zentra Nightclub - January 24, 2004

Morning *yawn* just got up, god I was so hammered yesterday. I went to Zentra Nightclub with Stefanie, Ellie and Priscilla. We got there around 9, so it was pretty empty..well at least we had free drinks. Anyway, DJ Rush and another german DJ were supposed to spin there that night, so I thought that would be cool. Around 11 the club was still empty, so we decided to take the last train back. There were only gay people and I dunno was sooo boring. Im not going there again. Priscilla slept over my house and now Im sitting here waiting for Aga to call me. Tonight me and Oliver are going to a party in Chinatown, mmh let's see how it will be..I write more later..<em>now Im totally pissed! Oliver was supposed to pick me up from the trainstation, he said he might be a little late, but 5 hours late?? So I waited 5 hours at the trainstation, and since he didnt pick up his stupid cell phone, I took the last train at 12.35 pm back. Isnt that rude? He should at least give me a call or something, and he didnt talk to me since that, I expect an apology, otherwise thats it..I dont wanna be treated like shit !!!

Tequila Roadhouse - January 20, 2004

On January 16, Me, Aga, Stefanie, Ellie and Prescilla went downtown. We wanted to go to Tequila Roadhouse bc some friend won a free party there. So we took the train and the CTA and we go there in time. Free drinks between 9 and 10. Infront of the bar, Aga noticed that she forgot her ID in the car at Lake Bluff Station *great* So we couldnt go inside. We went to Starbucks and discussed the issue. I really wanted to go and I really I didnt care about, I mean how stupid can you be to forget ur ID..? So me, Stef and Ellie went to Tequila Roadhouse and Prescilla and Aga went back home. We met Oliver and some friends there and started drinking. Was really cool, it is alot better than Hogs and Honeys and even Coyote. Although you cannot dance on the bar, well whatever, more cute guys there. So after 10 we decided to get a ribbon so that we could drink unlimited til 1 am. God I was so hammered! We got thrown out by 12.30 bc Oliver started some fight with some Asian guys..well whatever. Pictures!

The weekend was really boring. Everybody went to St. Louis but I couldnt go along bc I had to work on Sunday, so I missed another trip. Ellie had no time and Oliver was busy helping his Dad. So I spent most of time home, infront of the computer or reading a book. Anyway, things getting better..my Birthday is coming up, so stay tuned. I got the car back, but I cannot drive it anymore only if I have to drive Jake around, and I have to pay $500. Argh, Im sooo poor right now..if you wanna donate some money, contact me!

Hogs and Honeys - January 13, 2004

Sorry for the delay. Jake started school again, so Im back to normal life. The last weeks were cool, but I really needed a break, get more sleep, do some household, write some letters etc. Well, my 21st Birthday is coming up, and Im really looking forward to see my Mom and my aunt and my cousin. They gonna come over for two weeks. My hostfamily will be gone on winter-vacation that time, so Im off..perfect timing. I really need to figure out what to do on my Birthday, because it is a Wednesday and nobody has time to party during week. So I might throw a party later. We went to Hogs and Honeys last Friday, because Jamie won a party. Well only disadvantage: we had free beers, but none of us gurls really like beer, so it was kinda boring. Pictures! Stefan went back to Germany, and Volker will go back soon too. So after Volker it is my turn, but oh well a few more months til July. I had another car-accident and this time I have to pay a bit..I drove into a bush because the weather condition was bad, so the bush got stuck in the plastic of the bumper and it ripped the plastic apart. My hostfamily wasnt happy about it, because it is my 2nd accident within 6 months..oh well but Im okay so don't worry guys.

Happy New Year 2004 - January 2, 2004

Party with Oliver, no fireworks.


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